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Ship of Sorrow

from Happiness Is Weird by Freddie Stevenson

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She plucked me out of the catacombs
And ushered me into the presence of desire
The lightening writhes and the thunder moans
She pokes a little life into the fire

I willingly relinquish all my sovereignty
She crawls towards me giggling
Mouth pressed to the windowpane in the lashing rain
Cry out she won’t be listening

And oh, you’ll find me where the black orchid grows
Kneeling at the feet of a vacant throne
When the ship of sorrow sails home

She dreams of me in deepest sleep
Gifted with powers of prophesy and mischief
Creatures crawl out of her sea
Jaws on the floor as she whispers all my secrets

At dawn I walk across her lawn
My clothes are torn my feet are bare and bleeding
Her lovers come her lovers go
I wave hello and goodbye when they’re leaving

And oh, you’ll find me where the black rooster crows
Polishing a stone within a stone
When the ship of sorrow sails home

I am calling
I am calling
I am calling
Come home

If faith is knowing that life is wise
Her spies must have tailed me for some reason
I’m frozen ‘neath the midnight sun
I’m done looking for something to believe in

Burn my vows, my sacred cows
Let the ashes flash on edge of evening
A naked woman and a naked man
Are walking hand in hand back to Eden

And oh, you’ll find me where the black river flows
Silence singing in my bones
When the ship of sorrow sails home

I am calling
I am calling
I am calling
Come home

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from Happiness Is Weird, released July 2, 2020

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Freddie Stevenson Glasgow, UK

Albums 'Body on the Line', 'All My Strange Companions', '50 Songs', 'The City Is King', 'The Brightening/The Darkening'. A Dirty Urchin of NYC. Co-writing and touring with the Waterboys. Lives in Scotland.

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